Volcano House
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Volcano House is the name of a series of historic hotels built at the edge of Kīlauea, within the grounds of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawai'i. The original 1877 building is lis
The 1877 building now houses an art gallery
The 1866 structure where Mark Twain stayed
The hotel circa 1912 – center built in 1891 and the wing on the right is the 1877 structure
An advertisement in the August 14, 1912 issue of the San Francisco Call
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
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The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is an agency of the United States Geological Survey and one of five volcano observatories operating under the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. Based in Hilo, Hawaii on th
HVO observation tower, abandoned in 2018 after structural damage
Aerial view above HVO in 2009, nine years prior to the crater collapse and enlargement in 2018
HVO volcanologist collecting pahoehoe samples, Kilauea, 1972
The Jaggar Museum was open to the public until the Kīlauea section of the national park was closed on May 10, 2018